New headlights.

I am looking for replacement headlights I broke mine in a wreck a month or so ago and have put off replacing them until I decided what aftermarket bumper to go with. I was wanting these but after doing some research I’m wanting to go another route. And before everyone chimes in at once I do not want to retrofit. I don’t like the look of retrofits. I really liked the style of these lights it looks a little more agressive than stock. Any help or opinions are appreciated.

 

I can understand not liking the look of retrofits, not everyone will, but why not something like this? It looks almost identical to stock, with 10x better performance.

 

what are those?

 

Just a retrofit of stock headlights.

 

I do like them but I just can’t afford it right now I’m already up to 2,000 on upgrades and I have to buy new headlights too

 

What bulb does it use for high/low and turn signal? These would look sexy on my black truck.

 

Ahh, in your OP you said you didn't like the look of retrofits, so I was just suggesting some OEM looking ones. The price is high, probably worth it, but yea it's a little much.

 

I do like some of them but I just can’t spend that kind of money right now and I knew if I didn’t put that There would be 50 comments about retrofitting lol

 

If you want that aggressive look while maintaining that stock look, i recommend these. https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Runner-X...42677&sr=1-1&keywords=tacoma+sport+headlights

Its a black chrome finish that came on the sport models. These are aftermarket obviously but fits the bill for you. I personally like them better than aftermarket black housings.

 

They are going on a 2011

 

05-11 headlamps are the same. 12-15 is the refreshed 2gen.

 

ProTuningLab has some nice headlights that are like stock but with black bezels. I used to have them on my old truck and I liked them.

 

If I was you OP, I would get these. Not going to be as good as retrofit, but the projectors are probably decent, and they're cheap:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-2005-2...Tacoma&hash=item1c91c031b5:g:IigAAOSwsBtaAqdT

 

I would avoid any light which takes an H1 bulb, they burn out constantly. I go through 2 bulbs/year in each light.

 

Any reviews on something like this?

 

No idea, I just found them on eBay a while back. I have never even heard from anyone on here running them, but I'm sure someone has.

 

I’ve heard a lot of bad reviews about protuninglabs

 

Got these . Driver side is an aquarium!

 

One of the biggest problems with aftermarket headlights (in addition to incredibly poor quality) is that many people shop for them based on how they look. I don't know about the rest of you, but I prefer to buy safety items based on how they perform.

 

I made this mistake with my last retrofits. The bowl snapped off the top pivot ball due to the weight of the projector and going some small bumps in Tahoe. Found a set of used oem sport headlamps and transferred my retrofits over. I would never use aftermarket headlight housings ever again.